Government Advances Safe Drinking Water Initiatives Under Jal Jeevan Mission

By iednewsdesk On Jul 29, 2024

To enable every rural household in the country, to have assured potable water, in adequate quantity of prescribed quality on regular and long-term basis, through tap water connection, since August 2019, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) – Har Ghar Jal.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, 3.23 Crore (17%) rural households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, as reported by States/ UTs as on 25.07.2024, around 11.78 Crore additional rural households have been provided with tap water connections. Thus, as on 25.07.2024, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, around 15.01 Crore (77.69%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes and the remaining 4.31 Crore households are likely to be covered by the States as per their plans. State/ UT-wise details of tap water connections as on 25.07.2024 are as below:

S. No.	State/ UT	Total rural HHs	Rural HHs with tap water supply as on 15.8.2019		Rural HHs given tap water connections since 15.8.2019		Rural HHs with tap water connection as on date
S. No.	State/ UT	Total rural HHs	No.	%age	No.	%age	No.	%age
1	A & N Islands	0.62	0.29	46.02	0.33	53.98	0.62	100.00
2	Arunachal Pr.	2.29	0.23	9.97	2.06	90.03	2.29	100.00
3	DNH & DD	0.85	0	0	0.85	100	0.85	100.00
4	Goa	2.64	1.99	75.44	0.65	24.56	2.64	100.00
5	Gujarat	91.18	65.16	71.46	26.02	28.54	91.18	100.00
6	Haryana	30.41	17.66	58.08	12.75	41.92	30.41	100.00
7	Himachal Pr.	17.09	7.63	44.64	9.46	55.36	17.09	100.00
8	Mizoram	1.33	0.09	6.91	1.24	93.09	1.33	100.00
9	Puducherry	1.15	0.94	81.33	0.21	18.67	1.15	100.00
10	Punjab	34.19	16.79	49.1	17.4	50.9	34.19	100.00
11	Telangana	53.98	15.68	29.05	38.3	70.95	53.98	100.00
12	Bihar	166.89	3.16	1.90	157.19	94.19	160.36	96.08
13	Uttarakhand	14.52	1.30	8.97	12.51	86.12	13.81	95.09
14	Ladakh	0.41	0.01	3.47	0.37	89.82	0.38	93.28
15	Nagaland	3.63	0.14	3.82	3.19	87.76	3.33	91.58
16	Lakshadweep	0.13		0.00	0.12	89.36	0.12	89.36
17	Sikkim	1.33	0.70	52.83	0.48	36.16	1.18	88.99
18	Maharashtra	146.72	48.44	33.01	78.28	53.35	126.72	86.37
19	Tamil Nadu	125.16	21.76	17.39	84.58	67.58	106.34	84.96
20	Uttar Pr.	265.97	5.16	1.94	219.24	82.43	224.40	84.37
21	Tripura	7.50	0.25	3.27	5.91	78.73	6.15	81.99
22	J & K	18.69	5.75	30.80	9.35	50.06	15.11	80.86
23	Assam	71.61	1.11	1.55	56.27	78.58	57.39	80.14
24	Meghalaya	6.51	0.05	0.70	5.16	79.24	5.20	79.94
25	Manipur	4.52	0.26	5.74	3.33	73.85	3.59	79.59
26	Chhattisgarh	50.05	3.20	6.39	36.06	72.05	39.26	78.44
27	Karnataka	101.17	24.51	24.23	54.42	53.79	78.93	78.02
28	Odisha	88.69	3.11	3.51	62.55	70.53	65.66	74.03
29	Andhra Pr.	95.45	30.74	32.21	39.38	41.26	70.12	73.47
30	Madhya Pr.	111.81	13.53	12.10	57.89	51.77	71.42	63.87
31	Jharkhand	62.48	3.45	5.52	30.27	48.44	33.72	53.97
32	Kerala	70.86	16.64	23.48	21.13	29.82	37.77	53.31
33	Rajasthan	107.07	11.74	10.97	43.49	40.62	55.23	51.58
34	West Bengal	175.27	2.15	1.22	87.10	49.70	89.25	50.92
	Total	19,32.17	3,23.63	16.75	11,77.53	60.94	15,01.16	77.69

Source: JJM-IMIS

Ministry of Jal Shakti